Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:
"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
1908 Runs LeadersTop 25 in the National League | |||
Rank | Name | Runs | Team |
1 | Fred Tenney | 101 | New York Giants |
2 | Honus Wagner | 100 | Pittsburgh Pirates |
3 | Tommy Leach | 93 | Pittsburgh Pirates |
4 | Fred Clarke | 83 | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Johnny Evers | 83 | Chicago Cubs | |
6 | Sherry Magee | 79 | Philadelphia Phillies |
7 | John Titus | 75 | Philadelphia Phillies |
8 | Mike Donlin | 71 | New York Giants |
Hans Lobert | 71 | Cincinnati Reds | |
10 | Roger Bresnahan | 70 | New York Giants |
11 | Eddie Grant | 69 | Philadelphia Phillies |
12 | Joe Tinker | 67 | Chicago Cubs |
13 | Ginger Beaumont | 66 | Boston Doves |
14 | Frank Chance | 65 | Chicago Cubs |
Larry Doyle | 65 | New York Giants | |
Miller Huggins | 65 | Cincinnati Reds | |
17 | Red Murray | 64 | St. Louis Cardinals |
18 | Otto Knabe | 63 | Philadelphia Phillies |
Harry Steinfeldt | 63 | Chicago Cubs | |
20 | Fred Osborn | 62 | Philadelphia Phillies |
21 | George Browne | 61 | Boston Doves |
John Kane | 61 | Cincinnati Reds | |
23 | Cy Seymour | 60 | New York Giants |
24 | Art Devlin | 59 | New York Giants |
25 | Tim Jordan | 58 | Brooklyn Superbas |
Rank | Name | Runs | Team |
Top 25 Runs in the National League in 1908 |
The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?
The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.
Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.